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Cheers for Coldplay and Jay-Z in firework finale

21.09.09

With Jay-Z, a man who is currently number one all over the world, as a support act Coldplay owned Wembley Stadium.... more

Zombies of SW17 - the no-budget horror film that wooed Cannes

03.09.09

Marc Price’s horror film Colin, made for just Ł45 and fęted at Cannes, follows in a tradition of movies set in a nightmare London. Tooting Broadway is now firmly on the undead map... more

Stephen K Amos has formidable Ealing powers

23.07.09

If laughter is the best medicine Amos should be prescribed by the NHS for his healing powers.... more

The Ice Age goes 3D

03.07.09

Considering this is the third of the series, the makers of Ice Age 3 clearly still have some inspiration left.... more

Check out the biggest movies this summer

05.06.09

Sacha Baron Cohen's new comic creation, the latest instalment from Harry Potter at Hogwarts and adventures in the land of lizard men - here is our guide to the biggest movies of the season... more

Star Trek is back from the future

07.05.09

The creator of Lost takes the Starship Enterprise and its youthful crew back to the future in a successful reinvention of Star Trek.... more

Star Trek stars out in force at premiere

21.04.09

Simon Pegg described his Star Trek role as a "geek dream come true" at the film premiere.... more

Russ and I will rule the world, says Ross

21.04.09

It seems the Sachsgate scandal has only served to bring Jonathan Ross and Russell Brand closer together.... more

Simon Pegg reveals baby secret

19.02.09

Simon Pegg is to become a father for the first time.... more

Coldplay geeks on a winning streak

15.12.08

Coldplay have returned to the city where they formed, staked their claim for greatness and emerged triumphant.... more

Things don't add up in Free Jimmy

16.10.08

Free Jimmy is a peculiar animated Norwegian-British co-production with a heroin-addicted circus elephant on the run from druggie crooks.... more

Film

08.10.08

Given the financial hurricane that devasted the City last month, that 2008 is shaping up to be a good year for British film and our leading directors and actors ... more

Farcical take on How to Lose Friends

02.10.08

The big screen version of Toby Young's memoir, How to Lose Friends & Alienate People, is a lesson in how to bore viewers and infuriate critics.... more

Simon Pegg tells Ricky Gervais "You're a fat idiot" ...

30.09.08

Actor Simon Pegg launched an unprovoked attack on fellow comedian Ricky Gervais by saying that The Office star is an "idiot" and "fat". ... more

'I plunged into the cesspool of celebrity as an act of rebellion'

26.09.08

Someone is shooting at Toby Young. Every minute there is an almighty "thwack" at the window of his shed-office. "It's all right," he says, jumping visibly. "It's just conkers from the horse chestnut tree"... more

How to lose friends and find a film

25.09.08

Everyone assumes the life of a journalist is glamorous. If ever a film disproved that notion - it's How to Lose Friends & Alienate People.... more

Favourites come out of the cold for Frijj

14.08.08

The Frijj Film Festival offers Londoners the chance to experience again classics such as Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather.... more

Toby had a HUGH and cry over which actor would play him, but luckily one guy had him PEGGed

24.07.08

The film of Toby Young's bumbling life is set to be a huge hit. A certain floppy-haired actor had been chalked in to play the lead, but his reaction was...Hugh must be joking! ... more

Kisses from Lily Allen, dinner with Gillian Anderson, at last I'm a celebrity! says Toby Young

22.05.08

How long does it take for a lifelong critic of our fame-obsessed society to start behaving like a D-list celebrity? About 48 hours, if his experience at Cannes anything to go by.... more

Awards success for Atonement and Bourne

10.03.08

Atonement led the way at the Sony Ericsson Empire Awards, scooping three prizes while The Bourne Ultimatum was named Best Film.... more

DVDs of the week

19.02.08

Courtroom drama in Michael Clayton and substandard twaddle from Simon Pegg's Run, Fat Boy, Run, are among this week's DVD offerings.... more

Brother, just look at Gwynnie

17.01.08

Jake Paltrow is stretching credulity to its limit by casting sister Gwyneth as a plain Jane with boyfriend trouble in The Good Night.... more

Joker in the gym

06.09.07

Run, Fat Boy, Run has an awkward tone and non-atmosphere that may leave you wanting to run a mile.... more

Stars fall foul of prankster Thandie

04.09.07

Actress Thandie Newton told how her co-stars had fallen foul of her practical jokes on the set of new film, Run Fat Boy Run.... more

DVDs of the week

24.04.07

Renče Zellweger playing Beatrix Potter, the John Sayles Collection, American black comedy Big Nothing and Gabrielle feature among the DVDs released this week.... more

Smalltown affair that's not much cop

15.02.07

The Shaun of the Dead team recruit a starry comedy cast for a police caper through the West Country that is too flashy by half, says Nick Curtis.... more

Hot Fuzz stars swap red carpet for blue

14.02.07

The stars of police comedy movie Hot Fuzz swapped the traditional red carpet for blue at the film's world premiere.... more

Take me out: best events

01.02.07

There's a second chance to see reggae musical The Harder They Come, there'll be an interactive performance of Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake in Trafalgar Square and Hot Fuzztival gets underway.... more